bavarianbob

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by bavarianbob 3y ago
I unironically believe that Duolingo is a pacifier that makes you feel good. It's goal is to maximize engagement, not help you learn a language. This is coming from someone who has spent a considerable amount of time on the platform, m
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
Curious why you think it's hard to count calories accurately? If you mean precisely, I'd question why one is trying to do that anyways.
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
Takes longer for protein to be digested, it's just nutrition 101.
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
The more that one experiments with these diet changes, I think, the more one reveals how untrue that phrase "most important meal of the day" becomes. I feel unstoppable if I skip breakfast, lethargic if I don't.
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
Really great food for thought here, I'm going to have linger on it some more. I don't know enough about LLMs to know how to counteract hallucinations, but I wonder if you could construct an LLM against a vetted corpus (much like A
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
This comment is chefs kiss. Amen. This is what I'm building a solution for.
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
I've been thinking about a layer on top of these chat apps that augment the experience for learning in particular. I've found that once you dig into the problem, a key element to solve for is reinforcement. The "provide infor
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
I find the feature on Kindle to be awful to use. It's sluggish and I've got to do additional work to import the highlights into clippings where I'll then have to do more work to put it somewhere I can consistently review? ugh
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
This is wonderful! I'm building something similar for Italian and I love how you have thought through this problem. Kudos for shipping!
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
I just read the article and OP actually does get it checked by a native speaker. You still have concerns despite that additional step?
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
I feel similar, have any thoughts on what it would take for you to learn from a language model? I think for me, it's some sort of review from a native speaker. If they gave a stamp of approval, I wouldn't think twice about learnin
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
No one is. You signed up to potentially receive that as soon as you decided to build something. Filter the noise and move on my friend.
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
Why do you feel the need to justify yourself on that decision? That brainpower could be better spent going to new features or a more robust codebase. The audience that is pedantic about what the technology is written in is not an audience w
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
> I just keep seeing the people I respect leaving and the people I don't respect getting promoted, over and over again. I resonate to this feeling and how I reflected on my own experience was that it isn't me, it's the com
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
Sorry to hijack your question, I'm also software engineer with focus on security and one thing that has troubled me is where I should continue learning within security for the purposes of staying competitive (I have no issue learning t
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
This article took a turn for the best. Nearly three-quarters of the way in, I was irritated that another "haha cs majors, you're not as slick as you think you are" post had spawned. Instead, the author notes something of intr
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
iOS Firefox user, do not have this problem.
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
Well this is a healthy dose of propaganda.
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
I find that writing my thoughts is my antidote to this problem. Circular paths of thought are quickly squashed and I have something to visually audit when I ask myself if spending more time thinking will likely enable me to make a better de
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
I'd also posit that thinking improves decision-making.
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
I find it interesting that reading content that is older and sometimes labeled as lindy is a radical or unorthodox idea. More times than not, aged content is my first choice. I always learn more, the content is grounded, and it stimulates m
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
Application error?
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
Interesting concept and I'd love to play, consider no registration required and I'll give it a shot.
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
I believe discord.io is (was?) a discovery platform. You can view an archive of the site here: https://web.archive.org/web/20220329132537/https://discord.i...
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
I believe problem isn't the right word. I think OP is challenging your assumption that it's inherently freeware. There are methods for monetizing an extension and they're infrequently used or associated with a much larger exp
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
Could someone help me with context? I'm OOTL and don't understand what is going on here.
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
I can't be the only one with a burgeoning appetite for an experience that is solely focused on the individual. I don't care about being social in this domain and that opinion often feels like a contrarian one. I want to track my b
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
> One complaint about this setup is that paying $5/month for every service you want to run is a lot. Oh, you sweet summer child.
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by bavarianbob 3y ago
It inflates its promises and then grossly under delivers.
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by bavarianbob 4y ago
I enjoyed reading your level-headed perception of this.

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